Tropical Reefs

Sea Frost

Salmacina huxleyi

Roatan, Honduras

Sea Frost

Category: Tube Worms

Scientific Name: Salmacina huxleyi

Synonyms: Filograna huxleyi

Size: Tube to 6 in. (15 cm)

Depth: 20-130 ft. (6-40 m)

Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Note: Tangle of tiny white tubes, tiny crowns of radioles barely visible at tube's head.

Annelida (Phylum)

└Polychaeta (Class)

└Canalipalpata (Infraclass)

└Sabellida (Order)

└Serpulidae (Family)

└Salmacina (Genus)

Tube Worms